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PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1914.
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portant Questions of World
Finance Sir George Paish
a Speaker.
Members of tho Board of Governors of
tho Investment Hunkers' Association of
America will meet at 2 o'clock this af
ternoon In the Bellevue-Stratford and con
sider matters to be put before the third
Annual convention of the association,
Which opens tomorrow and will continue
luntll Friday night.
. "Widely known and Influential bankers
from all parts of the country aro flock
ing Into the city today to attend tho
convention. The delegates will register
this afternoon at the hotel to obtain
badges, credentials, banquet tickets and
information.
Indications aro that the convention
starting tomorrow will be the most Im
portant In tho history of the association.
Jn' addition to numerous Important ques
tions of Investment, which will come up
lor discussion, the delegates are expected
to discuss the question of railroad rate
Increases, war taxes and other matters
of Importance In all lines of business.
' Sir George Palsh, the noted London
financier, who Is In tho United States for
a short time, will be one of tho prin
cipal .speakers. The effects of war on
belligerents, banking systems and the
operation of tho moratorium will occupy
much of his attention In the addresses
lie la scheduled to give.
The convention will be Important as
ft place for appraising the situation In
world finance and tho effect of the war
on the United States. In addition there
Will he a definite summing up of pres
ent business conditions.
The Federal reserve bank and Us ef
fect on investment securities will bo dis
cussed by H. Parker Willis, of tho Fed
eral Iteservo Board, 'Washington: IIow
anj S. Graham, of Philadelphia, will
speak on tho English moratorium, and
tlia International trado and foreign ex
change will ba tho subject of addresses
by John J. Arnold, of Chicago; William
H. Cloverdale, of New York, will talk
en railroad maintenance and deprecia
tion. Public utilities and their aspect as an
Investment field will bo discussed by An
drew J. Frame, of Wausesha, Wash.,
which Is in tho centre of the long-distance
powor plant section supplying Pa
cific coast cities.
"The Modern Gas Company and the
Security for Bond Issues" will bo tho
subject of a paper by Itufiis C. Dawes,
of Chicago, closely associated with the
Chicago Gas Company.
There will be many trips and other
events to amuse the delegates between
cessions of the convention. There will
be a luncheon at the Curtis Building and
& trip of Inspection through the home of
the Saturday Evening Post, tho Ladles'
Homo Journal and the Country Gentle
man. Members of tne Board of Governors of
tho association" arrived In Philadelphia
4nrinv trt rnmnl.t. iLrrflYifiremntn. Rea-
Blons will be held In the ballroom o?
tho Bellevue-Stratford.
CHICAGO, Nov. It The Western dele
gation of members of tho Investment
bankers' Association of America, left here
today at 10:50 a. m. on a special train over
the Tennsylvanla Railroad to attend the
third annual convention of the associa
tion, to be held in Philadelphia, and will
nrrive at North Philadelphia station at
7:W tomorrow morning.
SI 99.055.32 INCREASE
ASKED FOR WATER BUREAU
Councils to Get Bequest for $1,405,
006 Appropriation.
Councils will be asked to appropriate
31.465,066.66 for maintenance of the
Bureau of Water in 1315, an increase of
$199,055.3; over the amount appropriated
to the bureau for the current year.
The budget of estimated operating ex
penses designating the above amount for
Ml! will bo considered by the Water
Committee of Councils at City Hall to
morrow afternoon.
Items, for wages and maintenance com
XrJa the greater portion of the budget.
Extensions to mains, construction of the
new sedimentation basin at Torresdale
and the permanent Improvements are
provided for In the $11,300,000 loan ap
proved by the voters at the last election.
Among employes formerly paid from
loan funds and which Councils are asked
to pay from appropriations in 1315, are
four assistant engineers, $6000: three In
spectors. 3C00; three rodmen, $2400, and
tranaltman, $300.
EXPECT POISON TaTTLI. BE PATAI,
Btomaeh Pump of No Avail After
Man Swallowed Tablets,
William I Better, Appletree
Btr$t, a Federal meat inspector. Is
itt $h ' Roosevelt Hospital after swal
lowing several poison tablets and physi
cian virtually have given up hope of
saving Wa life. Beerer walked up to a
policeman at o'clock this morning at
American and Poplar streets and told
Jilm he. hod swallowed the poison.
' The only explanation given by the man
is that he had met with "lots of trduble,"
At the hospital, physicians used the stora
nflli pump, but found the poison had
dissolved and this method was useless.
Beerer was stationed at Boesch's Meat
Abbatolif. $3t North ?d street. He went
Jnto the Ice box at that establishment
thJ pwrnlnj! and swallowed the poison,
JfeUew employes say he has been ill and
ls"bu ha domestic dUneultles.
Mns. Cora Beerer. tn man's wife, ar
rived $ tfce hokpitai this afternoon with
Keir daughter. Miss Fern Bearer, IS
years oIJ. Bb denied that there had
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NEW YORK PILGRIM ENDS
VISIT HERE IN POLICE STATION
Blows Tin Whistle, Asks for 42d and
Broadway and Is Taken to 11th
and Winter.
Henry Hard man, of Now York, with a
fine fall suit and nearl-top shoes, blew
into town with a tin whistle. He was Im
mediately attacked with a feeling of ennui
when he tossed his magazine aside in the
Pullman and stepped on the hard boards
of the Broad Street Station platform.
He had never been hero before. So he
started out to give Philadelphia "the once
over," and then purchased a drink or
two, perhaps more, to get his bearings.
But tt appears that he lost them soon
after his arrival and finally lost him
self. While at 13th and Market streets
he asked several mere Phlladelphlans to
direct him to Hi and Broadway, "where
the world lived." Some laughed In his
face, others were sorry.
Finally, Mr, Hardman went out in the
middle of the car track and blew a tin
whistle. That was about 3 o'clock in tho
morning. Policeman Archdeacon hap
pened along, nnd, true to his name, talked
to Hardman in soft tones. It was use
less. Then he took the visitor to the Uth
and Winter streets station. Magistrate
Tracy listened to him this morning and
then sent him back to New York.
AXES USED TOO FREELY
Han Gashed and Saloon Window
Broken by Beckless Wlelders,
Axes used on. a man and a saloon win
dow resulted In one man being sent to
the House of Correction today by Mag
istrate Morris and another being held n
$S00 ball for court. The axes were pro
duced in .the hearing room as evidence.
The man held In bail for court is Au
gust Coy, 2113 North 18th street. He was
accused of attempting to hit Harry
Goodie, 2439 Cleveland avenue, over the
head with an ax a aondle stepped from
a. saloon at Broad street and Susque
hanna avenue.
Gondle threw up his hand to ward off
the blow and received a gash In the
wrist. He was treated at the Women's
Homeopathic Hospital. Follcemun Thumb
disarmed and arrested Coy,
The other man was William Foulkrdd,
2 McKenna's court. He played the part
of a Carrie Nation at 21th street and
lllds avenue, the police say, hurling an
ax through the window that narrowly
roieijed a number of men in tbe place.
Fciulkrod's motive was nothing like that
of Carrie Nation, however. The bar
tender testified the ax was thrown be
cause he refused the man a. drink.
ASOHKAS WIM, PBOBATED
fSSOO Distributed to Private
a ' Bequests.
ne will of Godfrey Asehan, late of
tt GaUrlo street distributes an estate
of S,-0 in private bequests. Other wills
adaUed to probate today are those of
Sate X. Rink, H'i North FraakMa street,
3,; Patrick Bynw, mi Bast Curaber
Um . tmm; Aasle H. Sowan, mi
CjailMuritM street WW; 4bb P. Marks,
lOJ GfeefeUaa aueet. MW; Patrick J.
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Statatifcar, tQKIt,
FACTIONS PREPARING FOR
WAR IN A. F.
Battle Expected on Question of Changing Form of Organ
ization From Craft to Industrial Lines.
Although the two warring factions in
tho American Federation of Labor have
thus far envlnced little evidence of their
struggle on the floor of the convention,
that struggle is manifested in the heated
discussions which take place In the
lobbies of the hotels where delegates aro
Btaylng. It will later be carried to tho
floor of the convention In the discussion
of the probloms of principle and organi
zation which are expected to take place.
Already n resolution has been Intro
duced for tho reorganization of tho
American Federation of Labor upon in
dustrial lines, which means the reor
ganization of the federation on the basis
of Industries, Instead of crafts.
A long and bitter debate Is expected
on this resolution. Tho radicals, con
sisting of the progressive element In the
federation and the Socialists, maintain
that "craft" unionism has outgrown Its
usefulness, that it has become Impotent
in tho struggle of organized labor against
organized capital because It Is no longer
capable of wrestling with the complex
problems of Industry.
OPPOSED BY CONSERVATIVES.
The conservative element, with Presi
dent Samuel Gompers at the head. Is not
inclined to nccept this theory. Although
Gompers himself admits the wisdom and
necessity of Industrial unionism, the radi
cal element contends he has stood in the
way of its practical application now.
There are three or four large organiza
tions within the American Federation of
Labor which are organized on industrial
lines. Among these are the United Mine
Workers of America, with a membership
of 400,000; the Western Federation of
Miners, with a membership of 0,000, and
the United Garment Workers of America,
with a membership" of 100,000.
The International Association of Ma
chinists, the dgarroakers and the build
ing trades are also organized to a large
extent industrially, and a strong attempt
was made for the unification of all the
metal trades organized Into the Metal
Trades Department of the A. F. of U at
HELD AS "BLACK HANDER"
Samuel Itosensteln Accused of Tak
ing $1000 Decoy.
Samuel Rosensteln, 912 South 4th street,
was held today - in J1C0O ball,fora further
hearing November IS, by Magistrate Mac
Farland at the 2d and Christian streets
station, on suspicion of sending "black
hand" letters to Meyer Margolla, T3
South id, street.
Maraolls told the police few days ago
Tie bad been receiving letters regularly
for some time. The last demanded that
ilOOQ be placed under stone steps in an.
alley at the rear of J19 FlUwater street
Special Policemen Fields and Wirt
sehafer put a' deooy package of paper un
d tbe stone. BJarked "1000," and they
declare they saw Rosensteln takfrig Ifc
The man loitered about the place frpm
a o'eleek yesterday morning until late
last night, the police say.
BTKD IN PATS OF 3?gAJN
Pennsylvania Eallroad Employe's
Bide Ends Patally.
Stepping directly In the path, of a pas
senger train he alighted from a ffeigbt '
train. Herbert Mayall, 29 years olii, an
employ of the Pennsylvania KaJicead,
was lasjawtiy kiUed last night, Rear
Wright street, Manayuak-
MaxaU. who was employed la tft ftaigbc
station at Manauak, -boarded tbe freight
to ride to Wright tret wliit b Uvea.
Am the train slowed duwn, Myatt WapeU
tittm it. Tke Mtte Uitm v4aawvr iu j
L. CONVENTION
the convention of tho department In this
city the latter part of last week. The
subject was referred to a committee for
investigation and report.
The entire progressive clement of the
American Federation of Labor, however,
comprises only one-third of tho member
ship of the A. F. of L., the other two
thirds being organized along craft lines.
The "progressives" accuse President
Gompers and his followers of maintain
ing a backward policy of economic action
nnd political lobbying; the Gompers ele
ment contends that the progressives are
visionaries and would llko to bring
the millennium by a single stroke.
The progressives, aided by the Social
ists, contend that Mr. Gompers and his
school are "phrase mongers," that be
yond writing eloquent reports and dis
cussing problems which, In many cases
have nothing to do with the labor move
ment, they do nothing; that under tho
leadership of Gompers and his school of
"pure and simple trade unionism" the
American Federation of Labor has made
no strides for the last 15 years.
Mr. Gompers replies to this that the
American Federation of Labor is not to
be Judged by European standards, that
it Is a distinctly American organization
and must follow American lines of or
ganization and propaganda.
DIFFER ON POLITICS.
There Is also a wide difference between
the Socialist members and "the Gompers
school" on the questions of the political
organization of the working class, and
Gompers adheres to a theory of "reward
your friends and punish your enemies,"
The opposition contends that the workers
Bhould ba organized In a political party
of its own, having a distinct economle
policy and platform.
Mr. Gompers maintains that politics Is
a private matter and should not be in
jected into the unions.
The progressives or radicals are repre
sented by such men as Adolph Germer.
Duncan McDonald, John Walker and
Frank Hayes, all of the United Mine
Workers, and Joseph Cannon, of the
Western Federation of Miners. Tho con
servatives are represented by Samuel
Gompers, James Duncan, James O'Connelj
and John B. Lennon.
EX-MAYOR SMITH'S BIRTHDAY
Three Banquets fpr Hornier Executive,
70 Tears Old Today,
Colonel William B. Bmlth, former Mayor
of Philadelphia, Is celebrating hla 70th
birthday today. It Is a day of feasting
for the former' Mayor, three banquets
having been arranged In honor of the
occasion.
The first banquet was held at noon and
was attended by the employes of Scot
tish Kites JIa.II, Broad and Itace streets,
Which 1 under the supervision of Colo-,
net Sin.lth. Ha friends and associates in
the Fire Marshal's offlee, the Public As
sembly Inspection and tha Bureau of Fjre
Prevention tendered him a banquet at
S.nellen.hurg's this afternoon. Another
more elabprate function will be held to
night at Scotish. Bites Hall,
'Colonel Smith waa born In Olaigow.
Bootland. November II. JM4. and came' to
Philadelphia when he was 8 years old.
He was the Mth Ward's representative In
Select Council In 1631. and In 1SS3 and
US3 was president of that body. He was
elected .Mayor In ISSi and served until
ls$M Since April, 1801, Colonel Smith has
bsen Assistant Fire Marshal. He Is a
d degree MMon and grand secretary In
the valley of Pennsylvania.
BSWEHTTE SOIiiaOTOR NAMED
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Sx-Kayo SPasptaa, of Brtdgetea,
Appoint jd n Rrst N. J. District. ,
WABHiwiSTUis', Nov. 11. - Sx-Mayor
Ilainpwn, Brttiaten, N. J , was named
liMmv la a reucea apj4ntm?:: Ior o0ijec.
luf t,l ltutrem.1 ISvuue tu' tht t ijtriu
FUTURE OF PUBLIC
UTILITIES, THEME
OF CITY OFFICIALS
Theorists Will Also Express
Views on Subject Before
Conference of Municipal
Heads.
Mayors of a hundred American munici
palities, other city o file Us from all sec
tions of the United Stntcs and Canada,
students of municipal economics from
utilities commissions, public service cor
porations and universities ore arriving- in
Philadelphia today to participate in dis
cussion of the nationwide problem of the
relation of municipalities to corporations
dealing In public utilities.
Tho city executives, with the theoretical
and practical men, have been summoned
to this city by Mayor Blankenburgr,
Mayor John Purroy Mltchel, of New
York; Mayor Carter H. Harrison, of Chi
cago; Mayor Newton D. Baker, of Cleve
land, and Mayor George W. Schroyer, of
Dayton. The American Academy of Po
litical Sclenco ha8 co-operated in the
call.
A formal reception in the Bellevue
Stratford will open this nrst conference
of American Mayors tomorrow' nlsht The
consideration of tho board, practical prob
lems will begin on Friday morning and
Will contlnuo until Saturday nluht.
It Is expected that more than BOO dele-
pates will be present. A number of the
Mayors and other delegates arrived yes
terday. Twenty universities, including Prince
ton, Tale, Pennsylvania, Chicago, Mon
tana and Leland Stanford, will be rep
resented by men of theory, trained on
the question or public utilities and rein
forced by bulky statistical data.
AgalnBt them will be ranged the practi
cal managers and operators of public
Bervlce plants, who will present their
views In tho free, broad discussion on
public policies affecting the corporation
they represent.
OBJECT OF CONFERENCE
The Mayor and city officials -will
handle the problem In the Interest of
the municipalities. The ultimate object
of the conference is to formulate stand
ard principles that will be adopted in
all cities and will bring into co-operation
municipal officials and officers of
publlo service corporation Jn determining
proper rates and service facilities for
vault Jliuflivipamy.
Tie morning and afternoon session of
the cony? ntlon will be held at the Bellevue-Stratford.
"Practical Utility Prob
lems" will be discussed Friday morning
and (he "Regulation of Utilities" will be
the toplo of Friday afternoon. In the
evening at the Central High School, the
speakers will consider "Local and State
Regulation of Municipal. Utilities.",
MUNICIPAL OAVNERSHIP.
Discussion of "Municipal Ownership and
Operation' will be taken up Saturday
morning, apd Jn the afternoon the Mayors
and delegates will go Into executive ses
sion to consider "Element In a Con
structive Utility Program."
At the final session of the conference
In Witberspoon Hall Baturday night the
subject to be discussed is "Holding Com
panies and Publlo "Welfare."
Addressee of welcome to the delegates
at the opening session will be made by
ex-Oovernor Bdwin S. Stuart and Mayor
BlapHenburg, Response for the Visiting
Mayors will be made by Mayor Oconto
IV, Sehroyer, of Detroit
A women's committee, of whleh. "Mrs.
Blankeaburg Is honorary chairman, and
Mrs. Cornelius Stevemm la acting chair
man, will extend hospitality to the ladles
attending the conference. The privileges
of the Civic Club. New Century Club and
Acorn uiuo wiu do extended to tho femi
nise guests.
BttWrtsuunent, Including Inspections,
lunoheons at tbe clubs, c tea at Bryn
Mawr College, visits to Independence
Hall, VaJtoy Forge una -sinant P?gk
itc 4ren i'uuwiij mi USs iiiBiUu- t.
Kiyy fAKOA-R.ET C. T5AX-V
JTA.TIOWAI QRCrATl'Z.'EK.
GAKCEKT VOR1CER?
JUDGES GOT MORE VOTES
They Beat Other Candidates in Oje
Division.
Returns from tho Eighth Division, 36th
Ward, as recorded in tho olectlon com
puting court today, showed a voto pe
culiarly heavier for tho Judicial candi
dates than for tho candidates for tho
other offices. This has not been notice
able in any other division so far com
puted. The returns gavo Frnzor, for the Su
preme Court, 100, and Kunkol, 171; Clark,
for Superior Court, 171, and Troxler, 161,
a total of 332 votCB for the Judicial can
didates, 131 moro than recorded In tho
senatorial light In tho division. For
senator tho returns wero: Palmer, Demo
cratic. 8; Pinchot, Washington, 25, jjull
Moose, 3, and Progressive, 1; Penrose,
Republican, 160. Tho Socialist candidate
got ono vote. A total of 193 votes thus
wero cast for tho United States senator
ship. Tho voto for Governor was about
the same aB that for Senator.
As all tho return sheots appeared to
agree and there wns no protest, Judge
Davis, presiding at the time, took no
cognizance of tho unusual figures
MISSION GUARD FALLS
Charles Smith Gets Five Days for
Intoxication.
Charles Smith, fighting custodian of the
Galilee Mission, Darlon nnd Vino streets,
tripped over a whisky bottlo today after
keeping tho pledge for three years.
Smith wnB found Intoxicated, Btretched
on tho sidewalk before thormitalon at
3:50 o'clock this morning by a. policeman
of the 10th and Buttonwdod streets stn
tlon. Tho policeman vainly tried to
nrouso him. Smith was then carried to
the station house,.
The Rev. Mr. Tromley, superintendent
of the mission, told Magistrate Belcher
In the 10th nnd Buttonwood streets sta
tion he thought he could Induce Smith
once more to try reform. Smith got Ave
days In the county prison.
PASSED CIVIL SERVICE TEST
Only One Bucessful Applicant for Bu-
pervision of Teaching Service.
Abel J. Evans, of 6215 Chester avenue.
was the only applicant for the JlM-a-montli
position ofsupervisor In teaching
service of the' Board of Recreation, who
passed the recent examination of the Civil
Service Commission. His average was
S0.6.
The applicants qualifying as stenogra
phers and clerks in afly department at
salaries ranging from $600 to $300 a year
are;
Everett nowlsnd, 102. S. Cecil t.. 00 a
Edward W. Cooper. 7120 N. Ureul sT 85.4
Horrls Sorkln. R N. Franklin sU sots.
Herry M. Orowroen, 3140 Wilt at.. 77.4.
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KNIT IN THEATRE BOX
Washington Society Leaders Start
New Belief 3Tad.
WASHINGTON, Nov, lt.-Mrs. Thomas
F. Walsh. wldOW Of the Colnmrtn m,r,(,.
millionaire, and the wife of Secretary of
War Garrlsqn were acclaimed today as
leaders of a new fad of the "400." They
sat in a bojc at a theatre last night and.
armed with knitting needles, spent Inter
missions making .the needles c!5k knit
ting socks and mufflers fdr Belgian war
refugees.
Other women of the relief corps here
are urging women to use their spare time
on street oars knitting or sewing for the
relief supplies,
S7J301DE CHEMIST AN INVENTOR
H Hi la iun ii mi
Thought He Had Discovered Method
of Making Oxaiio Acid.
After the Coroner, ascertains yio nature
of the poison taken by Herman O. Pann,
a Brooklyn chemist, to end his life, the
body will be taken home by the dead
man's son. WHllaro F. Dann, m Uneoln
place, Brooklyn.
Dann was found dead yesUnlay after
noon In a Filbert street boftl. He had
registered early In the morning.
For a number of years Dana had been
employed by t Janufaetrring chemist in
New York. H gave up bis position two
months ago when be bettered that a
had discovered a formula,, fw making
oxallo acW, K left bis hone Moult,
stating that he wa going to make a
thort business trip.
A letter waa ..f by Dean, asktju,- tho
Coroner to turn hia ejects, toialsiius of
Jli lu mh mni u vlicc I -ivy, ,lJsl
to Ilia h-Jti. .
Old days along tho river front are to
bo revived. Within a few weeks n. fleet
of schooners will snll on trans-Atlantlo
voyages carrying oil In barrels. Tho de
mand for this product from Scandinavian
ports la so heavy, nnd the supply of
avallablo steamship- tonnago so light,
that oil exporters here, rather than Iobo
tho business, are making Inquiry for the
exportntlons of It in sailing ships.
The rates tho owners of tho schooners
aro asking is considered high, but It Is
believed shippers will bo compelled to
accept it. Plans for tho londlng of at
least one schooner wero made today.
In anticipation of the voyago across
tho Atlantic, masters of tho schooners
aro obtaining from tho Hydrogrnphlo
Office charts of tho sailing tracks, the
Dover Straits nnd tho English Channel.
They aro spending hours each day over
them, studying so tho navigating of tho
"big Btickers" will not be difficult when
tho buslnoss starts.
It lias been nearly a quarter of a
century slnco a Schooner left here bound,
for a European port and none has como
hero in tho laBt decade.
Tho principal work of schooners has
beon tho carrying of catgocs along the
coast from Novla Scotia to Gulf ports.
This trado in tho last few months has
been stagnant. Vessel owners wore fac
ing a poor season until tho call camo
tor trans-Atlantic voyages.
At first they wore skeptical at accept
ing any such voyages, as tho risk was
considerable. Tho skippers of the ves
sels now In port havo importuned tho
owners to accept tho freight. This, it
is belloved, will bo done.
Captain Olsen, of tho American ship
John Ena, ono of the biggest square
rigged vessels under tho American flag,
has been approached for a trans-Atlantio
voyage. Ho haB wired tho owners at
San Francisco and Is now awaiting a
reply. In tho mearitlmo he will carry the
cargo of sugar ho brought hero front
Hawaii around to New York.
Tho ships William P. Fryo and the Ed
ward Sewall, which have been rivals of
".... ... lujuuca io ana rrom this
port to the Hawaiian Islands via the
Capo Horn route, have been pressed Into
to England. W3t Cat t0 carTy BraI"
One of the -features of the sailing of
n h?A0fr,flC0twln b0 th0 Prominence
of tho American Hag on the sea. It will
recall tp mind the days when the Stars
and Stripes wero supremo upon the seven
scaB, because of tho courago and fear
lessness of Tankeo tars and Yankee
skippers, who sailed regardless of weather
conditions. Following tho Civil War the
American merchant marine bocamo pas
sant and tho American (lag disappeared
almost entirely from tho oceans.
Why Oyamn. Objected
Franklin Matthews represented a
newspaper during the Russo-Japanese
war, and one day succeeded in break
ing through the news censorship and
reaching Field Marshal Oyama. The
Interview was brief, but extremely
courteous, and the Jubilant correspond-
cj.i. mwu uaoi io prepare the story
for his paper. In the course of it ho ,
used this expression: "Marshal Oyama V
.v1"0 . , ras 9uy Psed along to
tho official translator, and presently
Captain Kanaka, of the Marshal's per
sonal staff, called upon too correspond-
"Marshal Oyama presents his com
pliments," said tho captain suavely
"and regrets to inform tho esteemed
correspondent that his honorable letter
cannot be forwarded as written."
'Why. what's wrong with It 7" cried
the amazed war scribe.
Captnin Kanaka explained with do.
lite gravity.
"Marshal Oyama," ho said, "objects
to having the great American public
regard hlra as baked mud."
For that Is what the extremely literal
translator had mado of "brick" Ex
change. THE WEATIIER
Official Forecast
WASHINGTON. Nov. lt.-For Eastern
Pennsylvania and New Jersey: Fair to
night and Thursday; moderate southwest
to west winds.
A disturbance of moderate energy Is
central north of Lake Huron and over
spreads eastern Canada, the Lake region
New York and New England this morn
ing. It has caused light rain or snow
over most of that territory during the last
U hours, and the temperatures have risen
considerably under its Influence. Prt!v
cloudy weather has prevailed elsewhere
westward across the Rocky Mountain,
while light reins are reporfcd fronsouth
ern California and ArizonaVandTomthe
PaclHo Northwest. The temperature" am
lower in the central plains stnTl! ?
most of the upper Lake gi0SanlI
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